Sarah Palin Resigns
Region: Alaska
Announced in Wasilla Alaska today, Sarah Palin has resigned her remaining term as Alaska's governor. While this may come as a shock to some, not all are that surprised by this political manevuer experts are now speculating the three options of why she might have decided to make this announcement and subsequent action. 1. Scandal on the horizon? Could the possiblitly of a scandal be calling? Ano... more
Views: 830Ted Stevens to Seek Re-election Despite Conviction
Region: Alaska
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens will seek re-election despite his recent corruption conviction, which may add to the list of GOP troubles. Stevens Maintains Innocence and Candidacy Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was charged with seven counts of lying about Senate disclosure forms as he failed to report more than $250,000 in personal amenities and gifts. Stevens, who has represented Alaska for 40 out of its 49 year... more
Views: 1503Anchorage Daily News: 'Obama For President'
Region: Alaska
Alaska's biggest newspaper, the Anchorage Daily News, today endorsed Senator Barack Obama, their governor's opponent, in the presidential election. Saying that 'few...would argue that [Governor Sarah Palin] is truly ready,' the paper called the possibility of Palin leading the free world 'too risky'. The Daily News also decries Senator John McCain's 'extreme Republican orthodoxy,' lamenting the loss of his fa... more
Views: 1649Telescope Images realeased - huge stars found.
Region: Alaska
NASA recently released new images of RCW 108 taken by the Chandra X-ray Observatory and NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. The images shows that there were more massive star candidates in that region more than expected in several regions of the image. more
Views: 1520Legislative Panel Finds Palin Abused Power in Troopergate Case
Region: Alaska
An Alaska legislative panel, which met behind closed doors with an independent investigator today, found that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power when she ordered the replacement of state safety commissioner Walter Monegan. Commissioner Reassignment is Focus of Inquiry Independent investigator Steve Branchwater presented his findings on the so-called Troopergate incident to Alaska’s Legislati... more
Views: 1821Detected minerals show that there was water in Mars.
Region: Alaska
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has landed on the Martian surface and the took sample soil for analysis. The two minerals discovered by the spacecraft suggest that there was water on mars somewhere in the past. more
Views: 1279Photos Show Evidence of Water on Mars
Region: Alaska
A recently taken high resolution stereo camera picture shows the Mangala fossae trough, which is a system of outflow channels on Mars. This proves to be the evidence of lava deposition and catastrophic floods.The picture was taken by the European Space Agency. more
Views: 1324Rare galactic alignment captured bu Hubble Telescope
Region: Alaska
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)'s Hubble Space Telescope has captured two galaxies and the interesting thing is that the alignment of these two are rare. The outer rim of a small, foreground galaxy is silhouetted in front of a larger background galaxy. more
Views: 2234Palin Email Hacked on Wikileaks
Region: Alaska
Alaska Governor and Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin fell victim to Web hackers today as screenshots from her personal email account went public on wikileaks.org. A hacker group known as Annonymous claims responsibility for hacking into Sarah Palin's gov.palin@yahoo.com email account and sharing their findings with wikileaks. They sought to uncover Palin using the personal account to conduct government business... more
Views: 3238Hurricane Sarah
Region: AlaskaThe Look-Before-You-Leap presidential campaign is at it again: “Do as I say, not as I do.” It amuses and confuses me as I watch the Republican Party writhe and wriggle around in the mud. It’s not so much the Gulf Coast hurricane wreckage in which they’re mired, but in the dialogue (and probably their own wobbly and now-questionable convictions) that they’re trying to manipulate about Sarah... more
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